Garage Door Limit Settings

Have a helper steady the ladder.

Garage door limit settings. Adjust craftsman garage door opener up and down force with the knobs in the same way the limits were adjusted in step 1. The garage door is fully closed with the weather seal on the bottom of the door resting on the floor but not so far closed that the opener rail is flexing upward toward the garage ceiling. Incorrectly set limit switches may prevent your garage door from closing completely. A flathead screwdriver is all that is needed to make a limit adjustment on most garage door openers.

Find the knobs fitting up and down force on the back of the opener motor. Over time it may be necessary to adjust the switch to make the garage door close completely if it is not working properly. If the garage door opens correctly but fails to close completely there may be one of three common causes. Chain the last step of craftsman garage door opener.

The close limit switch may need adjusting. Garage door doesn t open all the way. Your garage door has set limit switches that instruct the motor when to stop running both when it is opening and when it is closing. Measure the distance from the top of the garage door opening to the bottom of the garage door in inches.

The garage door should begin open to the programmed open up. Press the button on your remote to open the garage door. With these simple steps you will be able to tune up the limit switch so that your garage door recovers its optimal performance. Press the wall button or the button programmed on the remote to set the down closed limit.

The garage door opener limit switch tells the motor that lifts and lowers the garage door when to stop running. If the door simply stops short of the floor the likely culprit is the down limit switch. Garage door won t close all the way. Stand on a step ladder to reach the up limit switch adjustment screw on the side of the garage door opener.

This video details how to adjust the opener force and travel of the door. The limit adjustment settings control the points where the door will stop in its descent up or down.